How to Get Rid of a Dining Set in Tennessee

Sell your dining room furniture to a consignment store. Depending on the store, you may be able to sell your set up front, or receive a portion of the sales price once someone else buys it. The amount of money you'll receive for the furniture may vary; for example, the consignment store "FunTiques" in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, pays consigners 48 percent of the final purchase price on an item.

List your dining room set for sale online at a website like eBay or CraigsList. The latter website offers sellers the opportunity to list the furniture set based on location, increasing your chances it will sell to a local buyer. This can be an option if your dining room set doesn't sell in a consignment store.

Donate your dining room set to charity. Donating may be an option if your furniture is in good condition, but not good enough to sell. While a wide range of organizations may be willing to accept the furniture, two recognizable charities that accept furniture donations in Tennessee are Goodwill Industries and the Salvation Army. Goodwill operates 67 donation centers across Tennessee, while the Salvation Army has ten branches statewide.

Dump furniture that is old, out-of-date or in bad condition and is not eligible to be sold to a new owner or donated to charity. The City of Memphis offers curbside pick-up of large items, like furniture; the City of Knoxville also offers curbside furniture pick-up, but limits weekly collections to no more than five pieces.

Recycle your old dining room set. The option to recycle furniture will largely depend on the type of material from which it was made. Sets made from metal, such as aluminum, are able to be recycled. Metro Nashville Public Works offers multiple recycling drop off locations in and around the Tennessee capital, including the East Collection center located at:

943A Dr. Richard G. Adams Drive

Nashville, TN 37207